Properties of human atrial ICa at physiological temperatures and relevance to action potential

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Gui Rong, L I ^a,b   Nattel, Stanley ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Electrophysiology; Human atrial cells; Ion channels; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745380053     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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